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Sleeping New Jersey girl hit by stray bullet - 0 Comments

WINSLOW TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Authorities say a sleeping New Jersey teenager was struck by a bullet when gunfire broke out outside her home and a bullet pierced her bedroom wall.

The 13-year-old girl from the Sicklerville section of Winslow Township was struck in the buttocks early Monday. Her injuries were not considered life-threatening. She was taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden.

Philadelphia's WPVI-TV (http://6abc.cm/1lN6b1M ) reports that two other girls were asleep in the home when several shots were fired.

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